Yun Xue's side, seeing that everyone in the village had left, she was also relieved. "Brother Zhengsong, do you want to come in and sit down?"

"No, since there's nothing going on here, we have to hurry home, it's not safe to go home too late." Zhengsong shook his head, then turned around and got into the carriage, waved his hand at Yun Xue and left.

Yun Xue also understands that the two of them have divided more than a hundred taels of silver, and if they make a mistake on the way, it is not fun. waved his hand at Zhengsong and them, "Uncle Sun, Brother Zhengsong, come and play when you have time." ”

The carriage went far away, and Yun Xue entered the courtyard just a few times. Yun Zhen still bolted the door and followed him into the house.

Yun Xue had already taken off the leather jacket on her body, only wearing a small padded jacket, she smiled and beckoned to her younger siblings, "Come, see how much money the eldest sister has earned to come back." Yun Xue opened her luggage roll, revealing a burden inside. She untied the baggage, and inside it was white flowers. All these pieces of silver were five taels and one ingot, nine in all.

"Ah, eldest sister, how did you earn so much silver and come back? Didn't you originally say that there were only twenty-five taels? Yun Lin was a little dumbfounded when he saw those silver taels. That's too much, right?

"We've done more than twice as much work this year as we did in previous years, and of course we've got more money. Look, this is forty-five taels, plus the previous one, the eldest sister earned a total of sixty taels this year. Yun Xue was naturally happy in her heart. With all this silver, plus what I had saved, there were already more than 100 taels of silver at home. If you buy land, you can probably buy about ten acres of good land. I just don't know, in the village, is there anything to be sold out?

In those days, the land in the hands of farmers was their lifeblood, and ordinary people would not easily sell the land. If anyone goes to the selling place and lets the family know, they will poke their backbones and scold the loser. "I don't know, if there is any land in the village that wants to be sold, I want to buy some land." Yun Xue muttered.

Yun Lin shook his head, "This matter is really not clear, eldest sister, why don't you take the time to go to Grandpa Zhao and ask, maybe he can know." After all, whoever has something in our village is looking for him. ”

"Well, okay, I'll ask tomorrow. It's too easy to have problems if you keep this money at home, so it's better to buy some land, and we can farm it in the spring. Should I buy a cow? Otherwise, we won't be able to do the work in the field. I'm really going to have to think about it. Yun Xue thought for a while, if she bought a cow, she couldn't buy so much land. It's probably just to buy seven or eight acres, leave some money to buy cattle, and have to keep some money for family flowers, after all, spring plowing also needs seeds or something.

It wasn't early, Yunni had already gone out to cook, so everyone had dinner together. Yun Xue cherished and put all the silver away, so much money, but it had to be stored well.

With money, everyone's hearts are also happy. In the future, if they have land, they will be able to raise pigs and chickens. In that way, the days will surely get better and better. The children at home, with a beautiful yearning for their future life, went to sleep separately.

Early the next morning, Yun Xue went to Zhao's house. When Village Chief Zhao heard that Yunxue wanted to buy land, he was very surprised, "Yunxue girl, you have to think clearly, it's not cheap to buy land now." One acre of land, how can you get eight taels of silver, is your family's money enough? ”

Yun Xue smiled, she knew that the village chief was worried about her, "Grandpa Zhao, don't worry, the family's money is enough." Originally, my father was gone, and someone sent me some, but wasn't I at home this year? It's just going out to earn money. Grandpa, I want to buy eight or nine acres of land, I don't know if there is anything to sell in our village? There's no hurry about this, just help me keep an eye on it. ”

When Village Chief Zhao heard that Yunxue wanted to buy eight or nine acres of land, he calculated in his heart that he would have to pay seventy or eighty taels of silver. I remembered the dress I saw Yun Xue yesterday, and I knew a little in my heart. "Girl, you told grandpa, did you go to work in the mountain field? Otherwise, where would you be able to earn that much money? ”

Yun Xue also understands that sooner or later she will be known about going out to work. So she didn't hide it, she nodded, "Well, I went to the mountain field." My father used to have a few good friends in the mountain farm, and when they saw that my family didn't have any income, they said that they would let me go up and help cook and wash clothes. I've been in the mountains all winter. ”

When the old lady of the Zhao family over there heard this, tears fell, and she reached out and hugged Yun Xue in her arms, "My hard-working child, why do you say you are so dead?" If your father and mother are still alive, where will you have to endure such hardships? On the mountain, you can't eat or live well, and you have to get up early every day to work. You are a girl, but how did you survive? ”

Yun Xue lay in Grandma Zhao's arms and couldn't help shedding tears. At home, she is the eldest sister, the backbone of her younger siblings, and she can't cry. In the mountains, she is a man, and she can't cry. But who can know how much pressure there is in her heart? The younger siblings are all young, and it is a daunting task to make them all grown. Can I really do it myself? Yun Xue was sad for a while, and couldn't help crying.

"Cry, cry, just cry. This is always held in my heart, and sooner or later it will be suffocated. Grandma Zhao patted Yunxue on the back and comforted her softly. Village Chief Zhao on the other side also looked at Yun Xue with a loving face.

After a while, Yun Xue stopped crying, raised her head, and said a little embarrassed, "I don't know what's wrong, I suddenly want to cry." She quickly took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears.

Village Chief Zhao coughed, and then said, "I have good news here, you should be happy to hear it." He paused, and then said, "Isn't there a family surnamed Wu in the west of our village?" His son is doing a big business outside and earns a lot of money, and this time he will come back to take his father and mother away. His family has ten acres of land, which are all good and good land, and he said that he wants to sell it. He came to tell me that day, as you know, my family has nearly 30 acres of land, and there is no need to buy it again. If you want to buy it, I'll make a string for you. ”

As soon as Yun Xue heard this, her eyes immediately lit up, "Ah, this is too coincidental." I know Uncle Wu, but I didn't expect people to make so much money. I'll leave this matter to my grandfather. I know the ten acres of land in his house, not far in front of my house, and the land is very fertile. It's a little more than ten acres, okay, grandpa will help me ask, and it's not impossible to grit my teeth and buy it. ”

In this case, it is estimated that the purchase of cattle will have to be delayed, and I am not afraid, so let's save it slowly.

"Cheng, then I'll go and ask you, it's not yet the season of spring ploughing, and we can still think about it slowly." Village Chief Zhao took pity on Yunxue, put on thick clothes and went out.

Yunxue was waiting at Zhao's house, but today Qianru had something to do, and she went to visit the door with her mother, so she was not at home. Grandma Zhao accompanied Yun Xue to talk there, and the old lady didn't inquire about Yun Xue's affairs on the mountain, but just asked Yun Xue if she had any plans in the future.

Yun Xue was talking to Grandma Zhao there, about three quarters of an hour, and Village Chief Zhao came back from outside, followed by a man. This man is thirty-five or sixteen years old, and he is not white, but he has a shrewd taste. I think this person is the son of the Wu family.

Yun Xue hurriedly got up and saluted the man, "Uncle Wu, you're back." ”

The surnamed Wu looked at Yun Xue and nodded with a smile, "I didn't expect that I went out for five years, and the little yellow-haired girls back then have grown so big." Good, good. I heard you're going to buy land, right? The little girl is really capable. As soon as I heard the old village chief say this, I came to see you. The man had a gentle attitude and a smile on his face all the time.

"Girl, we all discussed it just now, and Youliang said, since you want to buy it, he doesn't want much, just eight taels and two dollars per acre. You also know that his land is sold for eight halves or nine taels. Village Chief Zhao hurriedly told Yun Xue the result of the discussion just now.

Yun Xue couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard this, she knew that that land was indeed a rare fertile land. Just like Village Chief Zhao said, even nine taels can be sold. Now it's only eight taels or two, which is a lot cheaper.

"One is that your family wants to buy it, and I got along well with Brother Dayong at the beginning, so I have to give some face. On the other hand, I don't want to sell these ten acres of land separately, just together, and I'm also a little anxious to leave. At this time, the road is better to walk, but after a while, it will be all mud. Pass early, and someone will have to watch my business. It seems that this Wu Youliang does have a good relationship with Han Yong, otherwise, he wouldn't have said that.

Yun Xue was already excited, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said, "Since Uncle Wu said so, then let's settle down directly." I want all ten acres of land. Let's write the paperwork at once, and I'll go back and get you the money." ”

"Okay, let's have a quick headache, okay, then I'll go back and get the title deed, let's write the paperwork, and the settlement is clear, and I can quickly pack up and leave." The man surnamed Wu was also very happy, so they both went home separately and went to get the silver and the title deed.

And on the side of Village Chief Zhao, he also went out to find the old man of the Li family to come over and give a witness when the time comes.

Not long after, Yun Xue and Wu Youliang all returned. Not only Yun Xue, but even Yun Lin also followed, and he happened to be resting today, so he came over to take a look.

So the village chief Zhao wrote the paperwork, and both sides pressed their handprints, and the land was bought. Yun Xue gave eighty-two taels of silver to the Wu family, and the title deed of ten acres of land was also handed over to Yun Xue, which was the end of the matter.

"Yunlin, you take the money, hurry up and go to the town to buy something and come back. At noon today, let's have a meal at Grandpa Zhao's house, which can be regarded as a celebration. Since the deal is completed, we have to invite these witnesses to a meal, Yun Xue took three taels of silver and asked Yun Lin to hurry up and buy something. It happened that the Li family's car was at home, so Mr. Li asked Yunlin to catch the car.